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Question 4 (1 point) A balloon is placed in a closed vacuum chamber at STP. The chamber pressure is reduced by half. What happens to the balloon? ) It stays the same volume. ) It expands to four times the volume. It reduces in size by half. It doubles in volume. D View hint for Question 4
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To answer this question, we need to apply **Boyle's Law**, which states that for a given amount of gas at constant temperature, the pressure and volume are inversely proportional. Mathematically:
Where:-
is the initial pressure,-
is the initial volume,-
is the final pressure,-
is the final volume.### Given:- The balloon starts at standard temperature and pressure (STP).- The chamber pressure is reduced by half (
).- Temperature remains constant.### Step-by-step solution:1. Rearrange Boyle's Law to solve for
:
2. Substitute
into the equation:
3. This shows that the volume of the balloon doubles when the pressure is halved.### Final Answer:**The balloon doubles in volume.**Correct option: **"It doubles in volume."**